Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Demand for Lufthansa flights to U.S. soars on re-opening
BERLIN (Reuters) - Demand for transatlantic flights has jumped since the United States announced plans last week to reopen to fully vaccinated travellers from countries including most of Europe, Germa...
Sep 28, 2021
Bank of Spain to update GDP forecasts after second quarter growth downgrade
MADRID (Reuters) - The Bank of Spain will have to update its latest economic forecasts following the sharp downward revision by the Spanish statistics institute, the central bank governor Pablo Hernan...
Sep 28, 2021
Soccer-UEFA seeks recusal of Madrid court judge in Super League case
By Simon Evans MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - UEFA has requested that the Madrid court judge presiding over the European Super League case recuse himself and has also filed an appeal with a higher co...
Sep 28, 2021
Sanofi ditches mRNA COVID-19 vaccine amid rivals’ success
PARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi is dropping plans for its own mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine because of the dominant role of the BioNTech-Pfizer alliance as well as Moderna in the fight against the pandemic, th...
Sep 28, 2021
Hundreds of migrants land in Italy’s Lampedusa
ROME (Reuters) - Hundreds of migrants have arrived by boat in the southern Italian island of Lampedusa, the interior ministry said on Tuesday. A large boat carried 686 people to the island overnight, ...
Sep 28, 2021
Geely chairman’s smartphone project aims for 2023 product launch – memo
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A smartphone venture launched by the chairman of Chinese automaker Zhejiang Geely Holding aims to roll out its first phone by 2023 and to sell 3 million units in the first year, a...
Sep 28, 2021
Factbox-Who’s competing in Iraq’s elections?
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq holds a general election on Oct. 10, its fifth parliamentary vote since the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein in 2003 and ushered in a complex multi-party system c...
Sep 28, 2021
Taiwan central bank says currency stable, flags more modest intervention
TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Taiwan dollar's exchange rate with the U.S. dollar has been stable this year without large fluctuations, Taiwan's central bank said on Tuesday, adding it had intervened in the m...
Sep 28, 2021
Macron tells Europe to ‘stop being naive’ after France signs defence deal with Greece
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - Europe needs to stop being naive when it comes to defending its interests and build its own military capacity, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Tuesday after Gr...
Sep 28, 2021
Georgian ex-president says he will fly home, despite jail threat, to ‘save the country’
TBILISI (Reuters) - Mikheil Saakashvili, the former president of Georgia, late on Monday announced plans to fly home on the day local elections are held this week in order to help "save the country" a...
Sep 28, 2021
